Dr. Pankaj Agarwal — Director of Neurology in Mumbai

Dr. Pankaj Agarwal is Director of Neurology, Stroke and Neuro Critical Care at Gleneagles Hospital in Mumbai, with more than 26 years of experience. His profile lists two specializations: neurology, and neurosurgery in the form of collaborative surgical management for deep brain stimulation.

Movement disorders are the core of the practice. Parkinson's disease, dystonia, tremor disorders and atypical parkinsonism appear together with neuro rehabilitation for movement disorders, so the record covers both the diagnosis and the rehabilitation that follows. Stroke treatment and recovery and epilepsy treatment sit alongside them. EEG and electromyography are the diagnostic studies recorded, and IV thrombolysis, deep brain stimulation and botulinum toxin therapy the interventions.

His qualifications are MBBS, MD and DNB in internal medicine, DM in neurology, and an international fellowship in movement disorders. His affiliations run through Gleneagles Hospital in Parel, KEM Hospital and Seth GS Medical College, and Grant Medical College and the Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, all in Mumbai.

Much of his recognition is for video, the medium movement disorder specialists use to record physical signs. A KEM Mumbai team took the Silver Medal in the IPMDS Video Challenge at the 2020 International Parkinson's and Movement Disorder Society Congress in Philadelphia, held virtually, after reaching the final of the same challenge in Hong Kong in 2018. He placed second in the Video 'Akhada' Challenge at MDSICON four times between 2016 and 2020.

He reviews for the Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology and for Movement Disorders journals, and has been featured in Hindustan Times, Mumbai Mirror and Deccan Herald for research contributions including the National Indian Parkinson Study funded by the MJ Fox Foundation.